Viola Bályová

Languages

Mother tongue

Slovak

Translates from

Finnish

Translates to

Slovak

Other language skills

Czech, English, Russian

Education

Academic degree

Master, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2022 (Finnish language and culture and Russian language and culture)

Additional subject-specific studies

Finnish teacher at Adult Education Center in Eurajoki, 2022 - 2024

Mentoring programme for beginner translators, FILI, 2022

Finalist in Slovak student translation competition, Slovak Literary Fund, 2021

Trainee at Embassy of Slovak Republic in Helsinki, 2021

Summer course of Finnish language and culture, Opetushallitus, 2018

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Prose, Drama, Literature for children and young people, Crime/detective, Non-fiction

List of translations

Pes menom Mačka. Ikar, 2023. Original title: Koira nimeltään Kissa by Tomi Kontio. Genre: Literature for children and young people.

Zabudnuté deti. Vydavateľstvo Tatran, 2024. Original title: Radio Popov by Anja Portin. Genre: Literature for children and young people.

Ako pes menom Mačka stretol mačku. Ikar, 2024. Original title: Koira nimeltään Kissa tapaa kissan by Tomi Kontio. Genre: Literature for children and young people.

Oto a tajomné vianočné svetlo. Ikar, 2024. Original title: Untu ja sydäntalven salaisuus by Nora Surojegin and Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin. Genre: Literature for children and young people.



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Päivitetty: 30.10.2024